15 September 1938, Pb 64/22 [2.1] – Politburo decision. Reduce the role of “special troikas”, signed by STALIN; after 1 August charges of Counter-Revolutionary activities (Article 58) to be examined by courts (2 pp). [R 15 September 1938, Pb 64-22]

31 December 1938* (no number) [2.1] – STALIN’s written permission for the Krasnoyarsk Region [Siberia] to carry out several thousand additional “1st category arrests” (executions). The instruction was written in pencil on a small, plain slip of paper. [R 31 December 1938]

05 February 1939, 530-B [2.1] – NKVD memorandum. Letter from NKVD head BERIA and Procurator-General VYSHINSKY to STALIN about removing criminal record of all those who have served sentences of three years and under (with the exception of those convicted under Article 58-1-14, RSFSR Criminal Code). Mentions total of 2 million arrested and exiled since 1927 (2 pp). [R 5 September 1939, 530-B]

22 August 1956, St 21/4 [2.1] – Secretariat. Report of Central Commission overseeing re-examination of cases, Region by Region, of those convicted of political, administrative, and economic crimes. Response by Minister for Internal Affairs (6 October 1956) and the Central Committee Administrative Department (2 November 1956) are included in file (26 pp). [R 22 August 1956, St 21/4]

4 October 1956*, St 1061 [2.1] – Secretariat. Creation of the “Mill”, a fake border post in the Far East used from 1941 to 1949 to test the loyalty of individuals, who were then arrested and imprisoned; many were shot (9 pp). [R 4 October 1956, St 1061]

25 February 1974*, 565-Ts [2.1; 3.4; 3.5] – KGB memorandum (Tsvigun). The author and distributor of the leaflets in support of SOLZHENITSYN and SAKHAROV has been detained. [R 25 February 1974, 565-Ts] tbt

16 April 1974, St 121/23 [2.1] – Note from R.A. RUDENKO, USSR Procurator General on combating crime. An exchange of opinions in the Secretariat about his report (11 pp). [R 16 April 1974, St 121-23]

29 April 1974, St 123/28 [2.1] – Central Committee to the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Health. Developing new antibiotics and chemicals to protect population against chemical weapons of mass destruction (7 pp). [R 29 April 1974, St 123-28]